> tr -s '[:blank:]' '\t' | cut -f5 And perhaps mention less painful tr -s \ \\t | cut -f5 and perl -anwle 'print $F[4]' if the user's input permits such simplification...
- say that cut can't handle more than one field demarcator jidanni
- Re: say that cut can't handle more than one field dema... Pádraig Brady
- Re: say that cut can't handle more than one field ... Pádraig Brady
- Re: say that cut can't handle more than one fi... Jim Meyering
- Re: say that cut can't handle more than on... jidanni